Photograph
Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman
![Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman sitting and wearing long bead strands. In the background is a painted backdrop. Mary Snowball, Decorra, Buffalohead (PayDokSeKah [Edge of brow is yellow]), born 1863 and died November 20th, 1940. She was the wife of John Buffalo Head (ChayPayKay) and the mother of five children: Grace, John, Stella, Frank and Carrie. (Daughter of Snow Ball [WauSooMonEKah] and [WaConChaWinKah]) (Maternal granddaughter of Iron Walker and Green Feather Woman).](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700006040041/0604001715-l.jpg "Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman")
| Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman sitting and wearing long bead strands. In the background is a painted backdrop. Mary Snowball, Decorra, Buffalohead (PayDokSeKah [Edge of brow is yellow]), born 1863 and died November 20th, 1940. She was the wife of John Buffalo Head (ChayPayKay) and the mother of five children: Grace, John, Stella, Frank and Carrie. (Daughter of Snow Ball [WauSooMonEKah] and [WaConChaWinKah]) (Maternal granddaughter of Iron Walker and Green Feather Woman). |
| Image ID: | 60612 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Van Schaick, Charles |
| City: | Black River Falls |
| County: | Jackson |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Charles Van Schaick photographs and negatives, circa 1880-circa 1940 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (V22)2540 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4.2 x 6.1 inches |
| Identified by George Greendeer, Ho-Chunk Nation genealogist and Raymond Thundercloud. In an email dated 02/27/2008, Patricia Whiteman of Black River Falls, WI: "Th[is] woman...is my great grandmother and her name is Mary Snowball Decorah." See also Image ID: 60611. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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